>>5715Alright, watched it and… wtf was that? 8+ months of waiting for an episode where everyone just sings little snippets of character songs? And they thought this was special enough to show in theaters for a week?
Like… the songs were
cute and all but completely underwhelming for a finale. Completely disconnected from the rest of the season. The previous seasons' final episodes actually felt like finales, even though season 3 was slower and more poignant than the first two which were off the rails it still felt like a finale and it felt cozy. You could have squeezed this episode anywhere in the middle of the season and it wouldn't have felt out of place. The previous episode where Chibita moves away isn't even acknowledged, he's just back here and he sings a little song.
The reason this episode took so long was because it was a parody of an actual Showa-era show that was popular in Japan that showed the most popular songs of the week. So similar case to the very first episode in which they ran into copyright/parody issues.
I'm sorry to sound so negative but this did nothing to help season 4's reputation in my eyes. It wasn't worth the wait for me at all. The way the episode ends hints at the possibility of a season 5 but unless they can straighten out all the issues present during this season I don't think I really want it anymore.